Improvement in clothes-rack and drier



A Mos HovRNfoR, or Ross, INDIANA.

Lette-rs Patent No. 9,620, dated August l0, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-RACK .AI-ID DRIER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sameV To all whom it may concern v v Be it known that I, AMos Hormon, of Ross, in the county ofLake, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Clothes-Reel and Drier; .and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact. description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and dgures of reference marked thereon.

lFigure-1, 'of the drawings, is a perspective View of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view, showing the lifting-device. h Figure 3 is a top View', showing the manner in which the cross-pieces are laid, and the arms attached.' h/[y invention relates te means for drying clothes; IL consistsmainly in the construction 'and novel arrangement of devices intended to serve an ecient purpose for the object named.

The lettcrA, of the drawings, represents a standard rmly attached to a platform, or xed inthe ground.

' This standard is provided with staples o and pin d, to

serve as guides and stop for the adjustable bar, hereinafter mentioned, 'and ithas also on its side a windlass, marked D on the drawings.

'lhe letter- E represents anv adjustable bar working up and down above the stop-pin d, and in the staples c, as shown. It is provided on one side, near its lower end, with a lifting-pin, s, to whichthe Windlass-rope is attached. ,Y

The letter H representsuny frame for holding the clothes.` It consists of four arms arranged in the manand described.

ner shown,upon the'ppersurface of which is a `series of pins, n, the heads of which are adapted to receive and hold the cords fv.

These arms are united at a common centre by means of suitable notches, and are braced and supported, re. spectvely, by the caps y and the side bars u., in the manner represented on the drawings.

In order to lbold the sliding bar at any desired altitude, I makepin-holes through the same, and securethe object by. passing a pn through any one of said holes above a staple, c.

The drying-,frame'is arranged to rotate upon a pivotpin placed in the top 'of the bar E. 4

. I am aware that'clothes-driers, somewhat similar to mine in operation, have been made the subject of in vention by other minds,'but I am confident that the arrangement herein shown for adjusting the sliding bar E by the side of the main standard in staples, and bracing and supporting the arms of the frame by the means I employ, are original with myself.

What I claim as my invention, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The standards A and E, staples c, pins n, lugs a and s, windlass D, frame H, bars u, caps y, and cords v and f', when constructed and arranged to operate as shown vIn testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witmesses.;

AMOS HORNOR.

h Witnesses: f L. T. LoUKs,

W. J. BARRETT. 

